(PRLEAP.COM) Glow Networks, Inc. (www.glownetworks.com),
an ISO9001/TL9000 certified telecommunications engineering and
consulting firm, has entered into a strategic alliance with Goldbelt
Cedar (www.goldbeltcedar.com)
to offer IT and Telecommunications related services to a wider client
base in the public and private sector.
As per the “teaming agreement” between the two companies, they will
collectively develop and submit bids for projects from various Federal,
State and Local agencies. Besides directly bidding for such projects,
they will collaborate to provide their services as sub-contractors to
third party systems integrators, including large telecom equipment
vendors, who have been awarded the contracts by these agencies. In such
cases, Goldbelt Cedar will act as the prime contractor, with Glow
Networks being a sub-contractor responsible for project execution.
“Partnering with Goldbelt Cedar is a crucial step in our growth as it
will enable us to service large projects from various government
agencies as well as help forge new relationships with some of the top
telecom equipment vendors,” said Dr. Jay Srinivasan, President of Glow
Networks. “Goldbelt Cedar has considerable expertise in providing
comprehensive services for Federal Agencies, which we will complement
with our own strengths in executing enterprise-related
telecommunications services.”
Using a catalog for enterprise related telecommunication services
developed by Glow Networks, the two companies are now working to get
Goldbelt Cedar listed as a vendor under the GSA (General Services
Administration) within the next three-to-four months. They will also
establish a mentor-protégé program between themselves and with other
companies to facilitate smooth functioning of the collaborative effort
required for execution of large projects.
“We are extremely pleased with this alliance with Glow Networks, a
proven player with the requisite skills and experience in large
telecommunication services projects,” said Bhima Penta, President & CEO
of Goldbelt Cedar. “Combining our respective strengths will undoubtedly
enhance the value we provide to our customers and add greater merit to
our proposals. We are looking forward to a long and profitable
relationship between our companies.”
"We are continuously working to expand our capabilities in our domain,
as we strive to sustain and exceed the stupendous growth we have enjoyed
in the past few years," said Dev Sridharan, CFO of Glow Networks. "Our
recent acquisition of Tri-MC to provide a full range of power and
grounding engineering, installation and maintenance services to our
customers is a case in point. This relationship with Goldbelt Cedar is
another strategic initiative designed to propel us forward by not only
extending our customer base but also the scale of services we deliver.
We are well positioned to consolidate ourselves as a top provider of
comprehensive telecommunication services."
About Glow Networks
Founded in 1999, Glow Networks (www.glownetworks.com)
is an established ISO9001/TL9000 certified telecommunications
engineering and consulting firm, catering to the needs of telecom
equipment vendors and carriers. The company specializes in Wireless
Broadband, Wireline (Optical Backbone), VoIP (Soft Switch), IP
Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) and Enterprise products. A strategic partner
to some of the world’s foremost equipment vendors and carriers such as
Nortel, Motorola, Alcatel-Lucent, Tellabs, Tekelec and Nokia, Glow
provides a range of managed services such as Network Engineering, Order
Engineering, Systems Application Engineering, Switch Datafill,
Configuration Engineering, Field/Site Engineering, RF Drive Test
Services. Besides managed services, Glow Networks also provides skilled
resources to its customers as non payroll workforce in the areas of
engineering, interoperability testing, deployment (integration, software
and hardware upgrades etc), other telecom and IT services. The company
can also provide D/C Power Plants and Batteries, Emergency Generator
Systems and Fuel Filtration Systems.
Besides being named Nortel Networks’ Diversity Supplier of the Year for
2005, Glow Networks ranked 40th in a select list of 100 fastest growing
companies in Dallas and was named to Deloitte’s prestigious 2006 Texas
Technology Fast 50 Program. Glow Networks was also included in
Deloitte’s 2006 Technology Fast 500, an annual listing of the fastest
growing companies in North America.
About Goldbelt Cedar
Goldbelt Cedar, LLC is a directly owned SBA certified 8(a) small
business subsidiary of Goldbelt, Incorporated, an Alaska Native
Corporation, dedicated to providing experienced, solution-oriented
Information Technology support to federal agencies’ acquisition efforts.
Being an Alaska Native Corporation (ANC), Goldbelt Cedar offers the
following contractual advantages for US Federal, State, and Local
agencies, and large systems integrators and telecom equipment vendors:
ANC 8(a) firms are exempt from sole-source thresholds of $3 million for
service contracts and $5 million for manufacturing concerns
Department of Defense (DoD) prime contractors can receive a 5% Incentive
Bonus on subcontracted work to an ANC owned 8(a) firm
DoD organizations can issue direct A-76 conversion to contract (a
conversion to contract is the change of performance of a commercial
activity from in-house performance by Federal employees to performance
by a commercial source) to an ANC owned 8(a) firm.